German far-right group complains over ‘loony’ label

Anti-immigrant National Democratic Party takes president to court after dismissive comment

Peter Richter, lawyer of German far-right party NPD, arrives for the opening of a trial at the German Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, western Germany on February 25, 2014, on whether the German president was right to call the anti-immigrant group 'loonies.' (photo credit: AFP/DPA/Uli Deck Germany Out)

BERLIN — Germany’s highest court heard a case Tuesday on whether President Joachim Gauck was right to call a far-right anti immigrant group “loonies.”

The National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) has taken its complaint against the comment by the largely ceremonial head of state to the constitutional court.

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